TOVREA CARRARO SOCIETY
Programs and results
What we aim to solve
Tovrea Castle at Carraro Heights is a National Landmark and City of Phoenix Point of Pride. It has been the topic of lore and rumour since 1928. Now restored, the Castle and grounds are open to guests through guided tours. The challenge is holding enough tours, with capacity restrictions enforced for the historic building, to satisfy all those who want to tour.
Our programs
What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?
Tours of Tovrea Castle at Carraro Heights
Certified Docents provide guided tours of the cactus gardens, outlying buildings and castle first floor and basement.
Garden Restoration and Preservation
Garden volunteers learn about the unique desert flora surrounding the Castle in addition to gaining skills and tips for maintaining and beautifying the gardens.
Activities include planting cactus, removing invasive non-native plants, landscape design and watering techniques unique to plants in arid climates.
Team leaders guide, instruct and oversee garden volunteers and provide interesting insight on the history of the gardens and their relationship to the Castle.
Special Events
Events held on property through rental of site
Where we work
External reviews
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Videos
Our results
How does this organization measure their results? It's a hard question but an important one.
Total number of paid admissions
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Tours of Tovrea Castle at Carraro Heights
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Input - describing resources we use
Direction of Success
Increasing
Total number of free admissions
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Tours of Tovrea Castle at Carraro Heights
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Number of free participants of guided tours
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Tours of Tovrea Castle at Carraro Heights
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Number of paid participants of guided tours
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
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Tours of Tovrea Castle at Carraro Heights
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Total number of guided tours given
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Tours of Tovrea Castle at Carraro Heights
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Dollar price per hour of expertise
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Tours of Tovrea Castle at Carraro Heights
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Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Hours of expertise provided
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Tours of Tovrea Castle at Carraro Heights
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Number of free participants on field trips
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Tours of Tovrea Castle at Carraro Heights
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Our Sustainable Development Goals
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Goals & Strategy
Learn about the organization's key goals, strategies, capabilities, and progress.
Charting impact
Four powerful questions that require reflection about what really matters - results.
What is the organization aiming to accomplish?
1. Expand opportunities for community to explore the site;
2. Restore and Renovate outbuildings;
3. Continue to support the growth of the Cactus Gardens.
What are the organization's key strategies for making this happen?
1. Recruit and train additional quality volunteers;
2. Hire staff to support the programs and volunteers;
3. Expand Tovrea Carraro Society Board;
4. Increase Special Event and Fundraising opportunities.
What are the organization's capabilities for doing this?
Tovrea Carraro Society is a young and vital organization with quality, professional volunteers leading the organization. Strategic planning and implementation is key to successfully accomplishing the goals.
What have they accomplished so far and what's next?
WE continue to succeed and move forward on our goals.
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Operations
The people, governance practices, and partners that make the organization tick.
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TOVREA CARRARO SOCIETY
Board of directorsas of 03/27/2020
Dr Tamera Zivic
Tamera Zivic
Tovrea Carraro Society
Linda Dee
Tovrea Carraro Society
Marie S Cunningham
Tovrea Carraro Society
Robert Moore
Tovrea Carraro Society
Tom Curry
Tovrea Carraro Society
John Zivic
Tovrea Carraro Society
Philip E Tovrea III
Tovrea Carraro Society
Board leadership practices
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Board orientation and education
Does the board conduct a formal orientation for new board members and require all board members to sign a written agreement regarding their roles, responsibilities, and expectations? Yes -
CEO oversight
Has the board conducted a formal, written assessment of the chief executive within the past year ? Not applicable -
Ethics and transparency
Have the board and senior staff reviewed the conflict-of-interest policy and completed and signed disclosure statements in the past year? Yes -
Board composition
Does the board ensure an inclusive board member recruitment process that results in diversity of thought and leadership? Yes -
Board performance
Has the board conducted a formal, written self-assessment of its performance within the past three years? Yes
Organizational demographics
Who works and leads organizations that serve our diverse communities? Candid partnered with CHANGE Philanthropy on this demographic section.
Leadership
The organization's leader identifies as:
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Equity strategies
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- We review compensation data across the organization (and by staff levels) to identify disparities by race.
- We ask team members to identify racial disparities in their programs and / or portfolios.
- We analyze disaggregated data and root causes of race disparities that impact the organization's programs, portfolios, and the populations served.
- We disaggregate data to adjust programming goals to keep pace with changing needs of the communities we support.
- We employ non-traditional ways of gathering feedback on programs and trainings, which may include interviews, roundtables, and external reviews with/by community stakeholders.
- We disaggregate data by demographics, including race, in every policy and program measured.
- We have long-term strategic plans and measurable goals for creating a culture such that one’s race identity has no influence on how they fare within the organization.
- We use a vetting process to identify vendors and partners that share our commitment to race equity.
- We have a promotion process that anticipates and mitigates implicit and explicit biases about people of color serving in leadership positions.
- We seek individuals from various race backgrounds for board and executive director/CEO positions within our organization.
- We have community representation at the board level, either on the board itself or through a community advisory board.
- We help senior leadership understand how to be inclusive leaders with learning approaches that emphasize reflection, iteration, and adaptability.
- We measure and then disaggregate job satisfaction and retention data by race, function, level, and/or team.
- We engage everyone, from the board to staff levels of the organization, in race equity work and ensure that individuals understand their roles in creating culture such that one’s race identity has no influence on how they fare within the organization.